<p>I wouldn’t put much weight on the “referral”. Much more importance is placed in college admissions on GPA, SAT/ACT scores, and the rest of the application. D1 was NMF and got lots of mail from the colleges and universities across the country that automatically offer paid tuition for NMF.<br>
I’m not dissing it…she got nice merit $$ from National Merit…but, I don’t think a “referral” helped her.</p>
<p>It also depends on where your S plans to apply. If he’s applying to a highly competitive school, unfortunately, most of his competition in the admit process will have scores similar or higher to his. Sorry to be blunt, but as you go through the process and read lots about it (i.e. get addicted to) CC, you’ll see that over and over. GOOD LUCK!</p>
<p>D2 probably will be a commended student, but didn’t get to last year’s cut-offs for NMSF. She’s already getting at least one college solicitation per day now…much more than last year in 10th grade, but we know it will pick up soon…and even more after she takes the SAT.</p>